1 On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In II. THE MARKET-PLACE 2 Hester," said he, "I ask not wherefore, nor how thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy on which I found thee.
3 He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost, but I shall read it on his heart.
4 And over her grave, the infamy that she must carry thither would be her only monument.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 5 Then, also, the blameless purity of her life during all these years in which she had been set apart to infamy was reckoned largely in her favour.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 6 They had begun to feel anxious at the Naval Department, on account of the lack of news from that fatal frigate, The Medusa, which was destined to cover Chaumareix with infamy and Gericault with glory.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 7 At the moment when he reminded him of his infamy which deprived him of the right to take an oath, Chenildieu raised his head and looked the crowd in the face.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS 8 Only," replied Treville, "it is a sad thing that in the unfortunate times in which we live, the purest life, the most incontestable virtue, cannot exempt a man from infamy and persecution.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 15 MEN OF THE ROBE AND MEN OF THE SWORD 9 I will denounce this place of infamy.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY 10 "And therein consisted the infamy," replied Milady.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 57 MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY 11 Be that as it may, she saw him go with regret; and in this early example of what Lydia's infamy must produce, found additional anguish as she reflected on that wretched business.
12 Whatever he might afterwards persuade her to, it was not on her side a scheme of infamy.
13 Elizabeth, particularly, who knew that her mother owed to the latter the preservation of her favourite daughter from irremediable infamy, was hurt and distressed to a most painful degree by a distinction so ill applied.
14 An Englishman visited Toulon, who had vowed to rescue two men from infamy, and his choice fell on you and your companion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 83. The Hand of God. 15 Few have passed through this revolutionary period, in the midst of which we were born, without some stain of infamy or blood to soil the uniform of the soldier, or the gown of the magistrate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.